A3 motorway (Romania)

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A3 motorway
Autostrada A3
Route information
Maintained by Compania Națională de Autostrăzi și Drumuri Naționale din România
Length: 107 km (66 mi)
584 km (363 mi) planned
71 km (44 mi) under construction
Major junctions
From: Bucharest
To: Borș (Hungarian border)
Location
Counties: Ilfov, Prahova, Brașov, Sibiu, Mureș, Cluj, Sălaj, Bihor
Major cities: Bucharest, Ploiești, Brașov, Făgăraș, Sighișoara, Târgu Mureș, Cluj-Napoca, Zalău, Oradea
Highway system

Motorways in Romania

The A3 motorway (Romanian: Autostrada A3) is a motorway currently being constructed in Romania. It will be a four-lane, 584-kilometer motorway, stretching northwest from Bucharest to Oradea. The motorway will connect the cities of Bucharest, Ploiești, Brașov, Făgăraș, Sighișoara, Târgu Mureș, Cluj-Napoca, Zalău and Oradea. The motorway will be owned by the Government of Romania. It will follow almost the same route as the DN1 road, which became insufficient due to the growing rate of traffic between Bucharest and Transylvania, and will connect with the Hungarian motorway network near Borș.[1] As of July 2012, there are two separate segments in service totalizing 107 km.[2]

Contents

Bucharest – Brașov section[edit]

A3 motorway between Bucharest and Ploieşti

The first segment, from Bucharest to Moara Vlăsiei, is built as a six-lane set of carriageways to accommodate commuting and holiday surplus traffic. The motorway will cross the Carpathian Mountains along the Prahova Valley (the Comarnic – Brașov segment is considered the most difficult section to be built). It will also provide access to the future Terminal 2 of the Henri Coandă Airport and to the future Bucharest – Chișinău motorway, via the Ploiești South-East/Dumbrava interchange.

Works on the Bucharest – Ploiești section started on 15 March 2007 and are due to be completed by October 2012.[3] The first segment, from Bucharest to Moara Vlăsiei, is built by the Italian consortium Impressa Pizzarotti–Tirrena Scavi, while the second segment, from Moara Vlăsiei to Ploiești, is built by the Romanian companies Spedition UMB, Pa&Co Internațional and Euroconstruct '98. Total construction cost of this section is estimated at 450 million euro.[4]

The Bucharest – Bucharest Ring Road segment is part of the Bucharest – Moara Vlăsiei section. On the Popasului Street (Voluntari) – Bucharest Ring Road segment (4 km) works have started in April 2012. On the Petricani Street (Bucharest) – Popasului Street (Voluntari) segment (2.5 km) works have not started yet because of remaining unfinished expropriations and should take at least one year and a half to complete.[5]

Works on the Comarnic – Brașov section, the most difficult segment of the motorway, were due to begin in 2010 and take around 4 years to complete,[6] but the French–Greek consortium Vinci–Aktor denounced the contract and construction was canceled.[7] Total construction cost of this section was estimated at 1.2 billion euro.[8]

The segment was re-tendered as a concession contract in February 2013.[9] It shall be awarded before October 2013 and construction may start one month after the signing of the contract.[10]

Sections[edit]

Section Route Length Construction
1 Bucharest – Ploiești 62 km opened July 2012
2 Ploiești – Comarnic 48 km planned
3 Comarnic – Brașov 58 km tendered

Technical data[edit]

  • Total length: 173.3 km
  • Tunnel length: 2.65 km
  • Nodes: 14
  • Projected speed limit: 80 – 100 – 130 km/h
  • Platform width: 26.0 m
  • Road width: 2 x 7.5 m
  • Intersections: 12
  • Bridges/viaducts: 27.65 km

Brașov – Oradea section[edit]

A3 motorway between Gilău and Turda
A3 motorway near Cheile Turzii
Suplacu de Barcău Viaduct under construction

This motorway segment, also known as the Transylvania Motorway (Romanian: Autostrada Transilvania), was originally scheduled to be built by American company Bechtel Corporation together with its regional partner Enka A.Ş. of Turkey. The contract was awarded in 2004 to Bechtel Corporation by the Social Democrat Prime-Minister Adrian Năstase without an open bidding process, invoking "national security" as an excuse.[11] The estimated construction cost was 2.8 billion € in 2003, rose to 4.7 blillion € in a 2007 estimate.[12] Although officially the deadline is set for 2013, the final cost and finalization date are currently unknown.[13] As per Romanian ministry of transportation, Anca Boagiu, the original contract was highly disadvantageous to the Romanian side. Following the contract renegotiation that occurred in June–July 2011,[14] Bechtel agreed to lower the building cost per kilometer by 50% down to 6.9 million euro.[15][16] Also it was decided that the American company will build only 2 segments of the A3 (Borș – Suplacu de Barcău and Gilău – Câmpia Turzii), leaving all the other segments of the motorway open for tendering.[17]

Construction progress[edit]

The official groundbreaking ceremony for the Transylvania Motorway was held near the village of Vălișoara on 16 June 2004. On 1 December 2009, the Turda – Gilău segment (42 km) opened for traffic, followed on 13 November 2010, by the Câmpia Turzii – Turda segment (10 km). As of January 2012, works were being performed only on the Suplacu de Barcău – Oradea West (Borș) segment,[18] with 17 km planned to be opened on 15 November 2012 and other 18 km on 30 August 2013.[19] However, not much progress was visible on this section by August 2012,[20] and the bridge across the Someşul Mic river, part of the Câmpia Turzii – Cluj-Napoca West (Gilău) segment, is also yet to be built.[21] In May 2013, the contract with the Bechtel Corporation was terminated through mutual agreement.[22]

An additional 8.7 km segment, between Gilău and Nădășelu, was tendered in August 2012, and awarded to the Spedition UMB–Tehnostrade joint venture.[23] Works on this segment should begin as late as six months after signing the contract and will take one year and a half to complete.[24] The segment will act as a bypass for Cluj-Napoca, the second most populous city in the country, on the route towards Zalău and Baia Mare.[25] Also, the Târgu Mureș (Ogra) – Câmpia Turzii segment will be reviewed.[26]

Technical specifications[edit]

Sections[edit]

Section Subsection Route Length Construction
1 1A–48.8 km Brașov (Cristian) – Făgăraș 161 km planned
1B–53.4 km Făgăraș – Sighișoara planned
1C–58.0 km Sighișoara – Târgu Mureș (Ogra) planned
2 2A–37.2 km Târgu Mureș (Ogra) – Câmpia Turzii 90 km to be reviewed
2B–52.5 km Câmpia Turzii – Cluj-Napoca West (Gilău) completed November 2010
3 3A–25.5 km Cluj-Napoca West (Gilău) – Mihăiești 164 km partially re-tendered
3B–75.5 km Mihăiești – Suplacu de Barcău planned
3C–64.5 km Suplacu de Barcău – Oradea West (Borș) works canceled

Technical data[edit]

  • Total length: 415 km[27]
  • Platform width: 26 m
  • Road width: 2 x 7.5 m
  • Bridges/viaducts: 267 / over 60 km
  • Overpasses: 94
  • Underpasses: 58
  • Interchanges: 16

Openings timeline[edit]

Exit list[edit]

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Exits and buildings (Northbound)
Bucharest – Ploiești (62 km)
Motorway km 6 Gherghiţei Street, Bucharest under construction
Exit km 9 Popasului Street, Voluntari under construction
Exit km 13 Bucharest Ring Road CB opened July 2012
Service area km 16 Parking under construction
Service area km 23 Parking under construction
Exit km 25 Moara Vlăsiei DJ101 under construction
Service area km 26 Parking southbound only
Exit km 30 Snagov DC184 opened July 2012
Service area km 34 Parking under construction
Bridge km 38 Ialomița River opened July 2012
Service area km 41 Parking under construction
Bridge km 47 Prahova River opened July 2012
Service area km 49 Parking under construction
Service area km 56 Parking under construction
Service area km 63 Parking under construction
Exit km 68 Ploiești South DN1 opened July 2012
Cluj-Napoca bypass (52 km)
Motorway km 0 Câmpia Turzii DN15 opened 2010
Exit km 9 Turda / Aiud DN1 opened 2009
Service area km 10 Parking under construction
Bridge km 12 Arieș River opened 2009
Exit km 12 U-turn exit northbound only
Exit km 44 U-turn exit southbound only
Service area km 46 Parking under construction
Exit km 51 Cluj-Napoca West / Gilău DN1 opened 2009

See also[edit]

References[edit]

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  14. ^ "Bechtel to continue works on two sectors of motorway in Romania". SeeNews.com. Retrieved 15 August 2011. 
  15. ^ "Bechtel built 54 km of Transylvania Motorway for EUR 1.25 billion, but agreed to renegotiate contract". Business Review. 5 August 2011. 
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  22. ^ "Contractul cu Bechtel pentru autostrada Transilvania a fost reziliat". MondoNews.ro. 30 May 2013. 
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  28. ^ "Boc a inaugurat Autostrada Transilvania cu un Logan". EVZ.ro. 1 December 2009. 
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